{"id":2765,"date":"2015-01-24T13:16:32","date_gmt":"2015-01-24T17:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/?p=2765"},"modified":"2023-06-19T20:59:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T00:59:12","slug":"5-things-i-never-learned-in-art-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/5-things-i-never-learned-in-art-school","title":{"rendered":"5 Things I Never Learned in Art School"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top:3%;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"insertbackground\">\n<div class=\"removep\">\n<div class=\"videoflexwrapper\">\n<div class=\"videotop\">\n  <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gh6hdn-SdQs\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wrapperpage\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/newsletter-signup\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"buttonundervideo\">FREE COURSE VIDEOS<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"buttonundervideoorangetabletcontainer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"buttonundervideoorangetablet\">BECOME A MEMBER<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"orangecontainermobile\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"buttonundervideoorange\">BECOME A MEMBER<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sidebartop\">\n<div class=\"vertalign\">\n<div class=\"sidebarcarddescriptiondark\"><span>JOIN THE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTOR<\/span><br \/>\n    Get ALL of our courses, ebooks, live lessons, critiques, lesson plans and more today.<\/div>\n<div class=\"sidebarbuttonholder\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"sidebuttonsmem\">START FREE TRIAL<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<hr style=\"background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/newsletter-signup\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"sidebuttons\">FREE COURSE VIDEOS<\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contentfix\">\nIt\u2019s been a while since I graduated from college, but what I learned and what I didn\u2019t is still a clear memory. I think that time often allows us to look back in retrospection with a clearer picture. I never would have been able to put this list together a month, or even a year after my graduation. But now, over 20 years later, it\u2019s clear to me how art school benefited me and how my exceptions of what I was to gain from attending were wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Call this a disclaimer if you like, but each person will have a different experience with art school. Each experience, each school, and each personality is unique. My journey took me through two different programs at two different schools.<\/p>\n<p>In this post, I\u2019ll share what I didn\u2019t learn in art school. In the next, I\u2019ll share what I actually did learn.<\/p>\n<h2>I Never Learned How to Draw<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2769\" src=\"\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ineverlearnedhowtodraw.jpg\" alt=\"I never learned how to draw\" width=\"800\" height=\"84\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ineverlearnedhowtodraw.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ineverlearnedhowtodraw-300x32.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Ineverlearnedhowtodraw-500x53.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>Surprise, surprise. I didn\u2019t learn how to draw in art school, well not directly anyway. I thought that I would. Many students think that they will learn a few magical secrets that will propel them to greatness and most think that their professors have the all of the answers. I quickly learned that my professors could tell you what you did wrong, but couldn\u2019t seem to provide answers on what you need to do to fix it.<\/p>\n<p>So, I did my own searching for answers. I developed my drawing skill by accepting that answers needed to be found. They were not to be \u201cgifted\u201d to me from my professors. (Perhaps they didn\u2019t have the answers in the first place.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Developing a portfolio for college? See:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/portfolio-tips\">Art Portfolio Tips<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I discovered that drawing was a skill that required a thirst for knowledge, a real passion for the craft, and dedicated practice. It wasn\u2019t until I fully devoted myself to improving my skills (on my own) through research, self-discovery, and practice that my drawing abilities started to improve drastically.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, as I taught myself, it become clear to me how I could teach others. Perhaps this is one of the reasons I became a teacher.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding:0% 4% 0% 4%;\">\n<div class=\"promoinsert\">\n<div class=\"promoimage\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"promotext\"><span>25 Days to Better Drawings<\/span><br \/>\n    Learn a new drawing concept and skill every day for 25 days. Each drawing concept taught includes a short drawing exercise (less than one hour) that reinforces the concept taught.<br \/>\n     <a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/25-days-to-better-drawings\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"contentbutton\">VIEW COURSE<\/div>\n<p>     <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contentfix\">\n<h2>I Never Learned How to Paint<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2770\" src=\"\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ineverlearnedhowtopaint.jpg\" alt=\"I never learned how to paint\" width=\"800\" height=\"107\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ineverlearnedhowtopaint.jpg 800w, https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ineverlearnedhowtopaint-300x40.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/ineverlearnedhowtopaint-500x67.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>It should come as no surprise that I didn\u2019t learn how to paint in art school either. Sure, I was exposed to painting in various forms, but techniques weren\u2019t shown to me. We were given assignments and time to complete them. Our work was then critiqued at the conclusion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/newmembersad.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of my professors kept one of my paintings to use as an example, but never told me why he kept it or what I had done correctly.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m reminded of the movie, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2l5WTuK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;Art School Confidential&#8221;<\/a> (affiliate link. Just like in the movie, our professors gave vague assignments, walked around during studio time, occasionally nodding in approval, and then a critique would follow. (By the way, if you attended art school and have never seen this movie, I highly recommend it. It\u2019s not a \u201cfamily\u201d movie by any means, but the stereo types of the characters are \u201cspot on\u201d.)<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, paintings that were clearly awful got a lot of attention and even praise from the instructor. Usually it was because they were \u201cbreaking the mold\u201d as the professor would say. But most of us knew it was because they simply couldn\u2019t paint any other way.<\/p>\n<h2>I Never Learned How to Market My Art<\/h2>\n<p>The reality is that art is a business. By nature, successful artists are also entrepreneurial. The unsuccessful ones shy away from selling or marketing. Sure they may have great vision, skill, and execution, but nobody will ever see it. Van Gogh was an artistic genius, but a miserable business man.<\/p>\n<p>Finding financial success as an artist requires both artistic skill and business savvy. Marketing yourself as an artist, no matter what the speciality, is crucially important.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, I never learned how to market my art in art school. Back in those days, it was all about \u201ctear sheets\u201d, which where printed samples of our work that were sent to publishers, galleries, and so on. All we were told was to make them and send them out. No direction beyond that was ever given to us as students.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, it is very easy to market yourself as an artist today. A website can be created in a day, by just about anyone. <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a guide on how to create your own site in a matter of minutes&#8230;<a title=\"Build an Online Portfolio Website \u2013 A Step by Step Guide\" href=\"\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/build-an-online-portfolio-website-a-step-by-step-guide\">How to Create an Online Portfolio Website<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Art can be sold online through various online vendors, like Etsy. Here\u2019s a guide on selling your work through Etsy&#8230;<a title=\"Sell Your Art on Etsy\" href=\"\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/sell-your-art-on-etsy\">How to sell Your Art On Etsy<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Beyond that, it is simply a matter of persistence and hard work.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding:0% 4% 0% 4%;\">\n<div class=\"promoinsert\">\n<div class=\"promoimagedays\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"promotext\"><span>Realistic Pencil Drawing<\/span><br \/>\n    Explore the foundations and techniques for creating wonderful realistic drawings with pencil in this logically-sequenced video course.<br \/>\n     <a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\/realistic-pencil-drawing\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"contentbutton\">VIEW COURSE<\/div>\n<p>     <\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"contentfix\">\n<h2>I Never Learned How to Make a Living as an Artist<\/h2>\n<p>Marketing your art is one thing, but actually making a living as an artist is another. I didn\u2019t learn how to make a living as an artist in art school. I didn\u2019t learn how galleries worked with artists and how dealers worked with collectors. Again, I had to do my own research on these things.<\/p>\n<p>Believe me, it came as a real shock to learn that some galleries would take a 50% cut of the price of the work and some as much as 60%.<\/p>\n<p>These days, artists can work directly with patrons by selling online and keep 100% of the price of the work. This reduces the price of the work and allows the artist to make more money.<\/p>\n<h2>I Never Learned How To Roll Film into the Spiral Film Holder in the Dark<\/h2>\n<p>I spent 6 years in art school in total. (It wasn\u2019t because I had bad grades, if you were wondering &#8211; I graduated Cum Laude). In that time, I took almost every studio class available. Printmaking, Illustration, Sculpture, Painting, and Figure Drawing were the standards, but I also took classes that were outside of my concentration. For example, I took a class on Lithography and even a class on making musical instruments from clay (one of my favorites).<\/p>\n<p>But then there was Darkroom Photography. It wasn\u2019t even called \u201cDarkroom Photography\u201d, because all photography was created in a darkroom. (Digital cameras were new and very expensive.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"featuredimage\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/members\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thevirtualinstructor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/newmembersad.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"contentfix\">\n<p>I can\u2019t tell you how many rolls of film I destroyed trying to loop through that scroll in the dark. Each time, I destroyed the roll. For a college student with limited funds, this was extremely frustrating.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, I was able to find a classmate that performed this task for me. To this day, I have never learned how to do this properly. Thank goodness for digital cameras, because without them, I\u2019d literally still be \u201cin the dark\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It may sound like I didn\u2019t learn much of anything in art school, but this couldn\u2019t be further from the truth. I learned quite a bit in art school and I\u2019ll share what I learned in the next post.<\/p>\n<p>What about you? Are an art school graduate? Are in art school now? Are you considering going to an art school? What are your experiences?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding:0% 4% 0% 4%;clear:both;\">\n<div class=\"promoinsert\">\n<div class=\"promoimagenews\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"promotext\"><span>Like This Lesson?<\/span><br \/>If so, join over 36,000 others that receive our newsletter with new drawing and painting lessons. 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